PRINTER'S NO. 450
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
487
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY HOWARD, HILL-EVANS, SANCHEZ, SCHLOSSBERG, CONKLIN,
N. NELSON, HOHENSTEIN, SHUSTERMAN, STRUZZI, FREEMAN, SIMS,
PASHINSKI, DRISCOLL, ISAACSON, O'MARA, CIRESI, WARREN,
STEPHENS, KIM, FITZGERALD, ROZZI AND DALEY, FEBRUARY 9, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 9, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and
Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in assault, further providing for the offense of
ethnic intimidation; and making an editorial change.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2710(a) and (c) of Title 18 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 2710. [Ethnic] Discriminatory intimidation.
(a) Offense defined.--A person commits the offense of
[ethnic] discriminatory intimidation if, with malicious
intention toward the race, color, religion [or], national origin
or intellectual or physical disability of another individual or
group of individuals, he commits an offense under any other
provision of this article or under Chapter 33 (relating to
arson, criminal mischief and other property destruction)
exclusive of section 3307 (relating to institutional vandalism)
or under section 3503 (relating to criminal trespass) with
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